Games set in the 19th century sorted by release date

The 19th century was the age of steam, railroads and remarkable discoveries. It was the age of literary masterpieces like the Sherlock Holmes novels and Jules Verne's sci-fi stories. It's easy to see why some developers chose the 19th century as the setting for their games.

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L'Empereur

DOS19914.2/5 KOEI

Scrooge

DOS19913/5 Leisuresoft

Scrooge is an abandoned interactive fiction graphic adventure game developed and released by Leisuresoft in 1991 for DO. Scrooge is based on the popular Christmas tale of the same name.

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Windows XP/98/951991protected4.1/5 ICOM Simulations

Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams

DOS19914/5 Origin Systems

Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams is an abandoned science fiction RPG designed by Jeff George, developed by Origin Systems and released in 1991 for DOS. Martian Dreams uses the Ultima VI engine to depict Mars in a top down perspective.

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DOS19923.9/5 Max Design

Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3

DOS19923.5/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group

Fort Apache

DOS19923.7/5 Impressions Games

The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel

DOS19924.2/5 Mythos Software

The Oregon Trail Deluxe

DOS19924.1/5 MECC

Fields of Glory

DOS1993protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist

DOSWindows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac1993protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist is a comedy point & click adventure game set in the old American West designed by Al Lowe and Josh Mandel, developed and released by Sierra On-Line in 1993 for DOS, Windows and Macintosh. Initially released on floppy, Freddy Pharkas was later re-released on CD-ROM as a new edition.

Lost in Time

DOS19933.9/5 Coktel Vision

Shadow of the Comet

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993protected3.9/5 Infogrames

The Chaos Engine

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Bitmap Brothers

Jack the Ripper

DOS19953.8/5 Intergalactic Development

The Gene Machine

DOS19963.8/5 Divide by zero

The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo

DOS19964/5 Mythos Software

Railroad Tycoon 2

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac19984.2/5 Pop Software

Railroad Tycoon 2 is an abandoned train simulation game designed by Phil Steinmeyer, developed by Pop Software and released by Gathering of Developers for Windows, Linux and Mac in 1998. As the title suggests, Railroad Tycoon 2 is the sequel of the acclaimed train management simulation Railroad Tycoon designed by Sid Meier in 1990.